code-by-voice

I dictate SQL using speech recognition, and lining things up is a pain. If I could see where the tab stops are it would save me a lot of time. Keith Walton Management Studio supports an undocumented feature that Visual Studio has as well . It adds vertical guide lines to the editor window at specific column locations. Create a .reg file using the text below and open it to merge it with your registry. This will add a line every 8 characters (up to column 96) in SQL Server 2005. Modify as needed to suit your tab size. It does not appear to support more than 12 lines. The RGB portion of the

I have wrist pain when I type and I would like to start writing SQL statements, stored procedure, and views using speech recognition. Keith Walton Yes. SQL is well-suited to speech recognition (as well-suited as a programming language can be, that is), given it's limited vocabulary and sentence-like structure. Aside from formatting the SQL so that it looks nice, I can dictate it much faster than typing. Dictating code isn't for everyone, however. It can be quite frustrating in the beginning. The people who try this and stick with it will probably be those who have no other choice. I use Dragon

Well the docs finally said it, I need to take it easy on my wrist for a few months. Being that I'm a .NET Developer this could end my livelihood for a little while, something I'm not anxious to do. That said, are there any good handsfree options for developers? Anyone had success using any of the speech recognition software out there? POSTSCRIPT: I've recovered my arm again to the point where two-handed programming isn't a problem. Dragon Naturally speaking worked well enough, but was slower, not like the keyboard where I was programming faster than I thought. It's out there, and it works...